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ANDROIDDUMP(1) ANDROIDDUMP(1)
androiddump - Provide interfaces to capture from Android devices
androiddump [ --help ] [ --version ] [ --extcap-version ] [
--debug ] [ --extcap-interfaces ] [ --extcap-dlts ] [
--extcap-interface=<interface> ] [ --extcap-config ] [
--extcap-capture-filter=<capture filter> ] [ --capture ] [
--fifo=<path to file or pipe> ] [ --adb-server-ip=<IP address> ] [
--adb-server-tcp-port=<TCP port> ] [ --logcat-text=<TRUE or FALSE>
] [ --bt-server-tcp-port=<TCP port> ] [ --bt-forward-socket=<TRUE
or FALSE> ] [ --bt-local-ip=<IP address> ] [
--bt-local-tcp-port=<TCP port> ]
androiddump --extcap-interfaces [ --adb-server-ip=<IP address> ] [
--adb-server-tcp-port=<TCP port> ]
androiddump --extcap-interface=<interface> [ --extcap-dlts ]
androiddump --extcap-interface=<interface> [ --extcap-config ]
androiddump --extcap-interface=<interface> --fifo=<path to file or
pipe> --capture
Androiddump is a extcap tool that provide interfaces to capture
from an Android device. There are only two requirements:
1. You must have the Android SDK and add it to your PATH
environment variable. PATH should contain directory with tools
like "adb" and "android". Android SDK for various platform are
available on:
https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#Other
2. You must have permission to capture from the Android device.
Some Android devices require on-screen authentication.
Supported interfaces:
1. Logcat Main (binary [<=Jelly Bean] or text)
2. Logcat System (binary [<=Jelly Bean] or text)
3. Logcat Events (binary [<=Jelly Bean] or text)
4. Logcat Radio (binary [<=Jelly Bean] or text)
5. Logcat Crash (text; from Lollipop)
6. Bluetooth Hcidump [<=Jelly Bean]
7. Bluetooth Bluedroid External Parser [Kitkat]
8. Bluetooth BtsnoopNet [>=Lollipop]
9. WiFi/Ethernet tcpdump [needs tcpdump on phone]
Please note that Androiddump will work also for FirefoxOS or other
Android-based operating systems.
--help
Print program arguments.
--version
Print program version.
--extcap-version
Print extcapized version.
--debug
Print additional messages.
--extcap-interfaces
List available interfaces.
--extcap-interface=<interface>
Use specified interfaces.
--extcap-dlts
List DLTs of specified interface.
--extcap-config
List configuration options of specified interface.
--extcap-capture-filter=<capture filter>
The capture filter. It corresponds to the value provided via
the tshark -f option, and the Capture Filter field next to the
interfaces list in the Wireshark interface.
Note
This is only respected for Wifi/Ethernet (tcpdump)
capturing, not for Bluetooth or logcat.
--capture
Start capturing from the specified interface and save it in
the location specified with --fifo.
--fifo=<path to file or pipe>
Save captured packet to file or send it through pipe.
--adb-server-ip=<IP address>
Use other than default (127.0.0.1) ADB daemon’s IP address.
--adb-server-tcp-port=<TCP port>
Use other than default (5037) ADB daemon’s TCP port.
--logcat-text=<TRUE or FALSE>
If TRUE then use text logcat rather then binary. This option
only has an effect on Logcat interfaces. This have no effect
from Lollipop where is no binary Logcat available.
Defaults to FALSE.
--bt-server-tcp-port=<TCP port>
Use other than default Bluetooth server TCP port on Android
side. On Lollipop defaults is 8872, earlier 4330.
--bt-forward-socket=<TRUE or FALSE>
If TRUE then socket from Android side is forwarded to host
side.
Defaults to FALSE.
--bt-local-ip=<IP address>
Use other than default (127.0.0.1) IP address on host side for
forwarded socket.
--bt-local-tcp-port=<TCP port>
Specify port to be used on host side for forwarded socket.
To see program arguments:
androiddump --help
To see program version:
androiddump --version
To see interfaces:
androiddump --extcap-interfaces
Example output
interface {display=Android Logcat Main unknown MSM7627A}{value=android-logcat-main-MSM7627A}
interface {display=Android Logcat System unknown MSM7627A}{value=android-logcat-system-MSM7627A}
interface {display=Android Logcat Radio unknown MSM7627A}{value=android-logcat-radio-MSM7627A}
interface {display=Android Logcat Events unknown MSM7627A}{value=android-logcat-events-MSM7627A}
interface {display=Android Bluetooth Hcidump unknown MSM7627A}{value=android-bluetooth-hcidump-MSM7627A}
Human-readable display name of interfaces contains interface type,
one of:
android-logcat-main (Android Logcat Main)
android-logcat-system (Android Logcat System)
android-logcat-radio (Android Logcat Radio)
android-logcat-events (Android Logcat Events)
android-logcat-text-main (Android Logcat Main)
android-logcat-text-system (Android Logcat System)
android-logcat-text-radio (Android Logcat Radio)
android-logcat-text-events (Android Logcat Events)
android-logcat-text-crash (Android Logcat Crash)
android-bluetooth-hcidump (Android Bluetooth Hcidump)
android-bluetooth-external-parser (Android Bluetooth External Parser)
android-bluetooth-btsnoop-net (Android Bluetooth Btsnoop Net)
android-tcpdump (Android tcpdump)
For tcpdump this is followed by target network device name (like
eth0).
Then Android Device’s name if available, otherwise unknown.
Last part of it is DeviceID - the identificator of the device
provided by Android SDK (see adb devices).
For example: Android Logcat Main unknown MSM7627A
• Android Logcat Main - user-friendly type of interface
• unknown - name of Android Device
• MSM7627A - device ID
To see interface DLTs:
androiddump --extcap-interface=android-bluetooth-hcidump-MSM7627A --extcap-dlts
Example output
dlt {number=99}{name=BluetoothH4}{display=Bluetooth HCI UART transport layer plus pseudo-header}
To see interface configuration options:
androiddump --extcap-interface=android-bluetooth-hcidump-MSM7627A --extcap-config
Example output
arg {number=0}{call=--adb-server-ip}{display=ADB Server IP Address}{type=string}{default=127.0.0.1}
arg {number=1}{call=--adb-server-tcp-port}{display=ADB Server TCP Port}{type=integer}{range=0,65535}{default=5037}
To capture:
androiddump --extcap-interface=android-bluetooth-hcidump-MSM7627A --fifo=/tmp/bluetooth.pcapng --capture
Note
To stop capturing CTRL+C/kill/terminate the application.
wireshark(1), tshark(1), dumpcap(1), extcap(4)
Androiddump is part of the Wireshark distribution. The latest
version of Wireshark can be found at https://www.wireshark.org.
HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages.
Original Author
Michal Labedzki <michal.labedzki[AT]tieto.com>
Contributors
Roland Knall <rknall[AT]gmail.com>.SH COLOPHON This page is part
of the wireshark (Interactively dump and analyze network traffic)
project. Information about the project can be found at
⟨https://www.wireshark.org/⟩. If you have a bug report for this
manual page, see
⟨https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues⟩. This page was
obtained from the project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark.git⟩ on 2025-08-11. (At
that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in
the repository was 2025-08-11.) If you discover any rendering
problems in this HTML version of the page, or you believe there is
a better or more up-to-date source for the page, or you have
corrections or improvements to the information in this COLOPHON
(which is not part of the original manual page), send a mail to
[email protected]
2025-03-07 ANDROIDDUMP(1)
Pages that refer to this page: extcap(4)
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